The discovery and treatment of insanity remains one of the most debated and discussed issues in social history. Focusing on the second half of the nineteenth century, The Politics of Madness provides a new perspective on this important topic, based on research drawn from both local and national material. Within a social and cultural history of the English political and class order, it presents a fresh appraisal of the significance of the asylum in the decades following the creation of a national asylum system in 1845. Arguing that the new asylums provided a meeting place for different social interests and aspirations, the text asserts that this then marked a transition in provincial power relations from the landed interests to the new coalition of professional, commercial and populist groups, which gained control of the public asylums at the end of the period surveyed.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415301749
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94527507
Product Key Features
Author
Joseph Melling, Bill Forsythe
Publication Name
The Politics of Madness: the State, Insanity and Society in England, 1845-1914
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
708g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Joseph Melling, Bill Forsythe
Series Title
Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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